repeat with messages

[Richard Gaskin]

There's a lot there, but if I'm following this correctly the answer to 
your question of whether you should have been able to anticipate that 
the wait could account for this Mac anomaly is no, and thankfully no 
will need to deal with it again once the Cocoa build is done because the 
need to do that for that one platform goes away then.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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Jerry Jensen wrote:

> On May 16, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Jerry Jensen wrote:
>>
>> > On May 16, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dar Scott wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I don’t see this in the ‘repeat’ entry in the dictionary.
>> >>
>> >> "with messages" is a modifier for the "wait" command - you'll find
>> >> it documented there.
>> >
>> > I use the wait with messages all the time in a project that takes
>> > data from serial ports that can send to me without warning. Its very
>> > useful.
>> >
>> > So how could I presume that it would work the same way tacked onto a
>> > repeat statement?
>> >
>> > Would you like me to file a documentation bug report, or am I missing
>> > something?
>>
>> I don't understand.  How can "with messages" be used as part of a "repeat" statement?
>
> Way back at the beginning of this thread, here's the first interchange:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com>
>> Subject: Re: repeat with messages
>> Date: May 16, 2014 3:04:36 PM PDT
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Reply-To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>>
>> Hi Jerry,
>>
>> The "with messages" clause makes a repeat loop non-blocking. This allows you to run multiple handlers with repeat statements simultaneously. I add the wait with messages command at the end of the loop to give the engine more time to update the GUI. Particularly in older versions of LiveCode, it makes a huge difference.
>>
>> E.g. try setting the thumbPos of a progress bar using a repeat loop in LC 5. Without "wait", you may not even see that the progress bar updates until you reach the end of the loop.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mark Schonewille
>
>> On 5/16/2014 23:43, Jerry Jensen wrote:
>>> In a nice example from Mark S., I see the line below. I've never seen the "with messages" part on the end of a repeat statement. I tried it, and it compiles and runs without complaint. What does it do, allow messages at the end of each repeat? I don't see it in the dictionary. I'm running LC Community 6.6.1 .
>>> .Jerry
>>>
>>> On May 16, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  repeat with x = 100 down to 0 with messages
>>>